1,325 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 590 311 service requests, 142 DOB permits, 114 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 83% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.6. In ZIP 10003, 67% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$5,655 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
113 service requests in the last three years. Most common: For Hire Vehicle Complaint (23) · Illegal Parking (22) · Noise (17) · Lead (6) · Indoor Air Quality (5) · Elevator (4).
$4,289,709 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (39 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| No | Built before 1974 (1976) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (480) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | HILARY GARDENS COMPANY LLC |
| Head officer | LAURENCE T GINSBERG |
| Managing agent | ALGIN MANAGEMENT CO LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-06-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $161,830,000 | $72,823,500 |
| 2026 | $167,840,000 | $75,528,000 |
| 2027 | $177,799,000 | $80,009,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 23/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh & CO | Sandwiches/Salads/Mixed Buffet | A | Mice evidence |
| The Famous Cozy Soup 'N Burger | American | B | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Odor, Pet/Animal), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 8 St-NYU — R W · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Astor Pl — 6 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Waverly Pl — M1 M55 SIM7 SIM9 +2 more · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Washington Pl & Broadway · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 041 Greenwich Village Middle: M.S. 297. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
300 Mercer Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
113 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by ALGIN MANAGEMENT CO LLC — 20 buildings, 2,494 units. Grades across the portfolio: A18 · B2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 Mercer Street | MN | 480 | A |
| 242 West 53 Street | MN | 426 | A |
| 229 West 60 Street | MN | 301 | A |
| 471 3 Avenue | MN | 300 | A |
| 120 East 34 Street | MN | 259 | A |
| 145 East 27 Street | MN | 174 | A |
| 400 East 66 Street | MN | 127 | A |
| 108 East 96 Street | MN | 112 | A |
| 463 Central Park West | MN | 66 | A |
| 530 2 Avenue | MN | 51 | A |
| 330 East 85 Street | MN | 45 | A |
| 148 East 30 Street | MN | 39 | A |
| 242 West 61 Street | MN | 27 | A |
| 138 East 96 Street | MN | 17 | B |
| 147 East 95 Street | MN | 15 | A |
| 128 East 96 Street | MN | 15 | A |
| 130 East 96 Street | MN | 15 | A |
| 136 East 96 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 132 East 96 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 134 East 96 Street | MN | 7 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $40,000,000 on 2013-06-25 (lender: Hsh Nordbank Ag, New York Branch), covering 27 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-02 | Agreement $325,000,000 — from LAURENCE TOWERS COMPANY LLC; HILARY GARDENS COMPANY LLC; PLAZA REALTY INVESTORS DE 1, LLC; to NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $325,000,000 | |
| 2025-07-02 | AL&R $325,000,000 — from 400 EAST 66TH ST. CO. LLC; LAURENCE TOWERS COMPANY LLC; HILARY GARDENS COMPANY LLC; EAST 9 to NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $325,000,000 | |
| 2013-06-25 | M&CON $210,000,000 — from 400 EAST 66TH ST. CO. LLC; HILARY GARDENS COMPANY LLC; EAST 96TH STREET PARK VIEW ASSOCIAT to NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $210,000,000 | |
| 2013-06-25 | AL&R $210,000,000 — from EAST 96TH STREET PARK VIEW ASSOCIATES, L; HILARY GARDENS COMPANY LLC; 400 EAST 66TH ST. CO to NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $210,000,000 | |
| 2013-06-25 | Agreement $233,000,000 — from RICHELIEU GARDENS CO., LLC; 148 EAST 30TH STREET CO. LLC; 315 EAST 21ST STREET CO. LLC; 13 to HSH NORDBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH | $233,000,000 | |
| 2013-06-25 | Mortgage $40,000,000 — from 40-40 79TH STREET CO. LLC; 133-17 SANFORD AVENUE CO., LLC; 315 EAST 21ST STREET CO. LLC; 1 to HSH NORDBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH | $40,000,000 | |
| 2006-07-03 | Agreement $30,100,000 — from HILARY GARDENS COMPANY LLC; 530 SECOND AVENUE CO., LLC; EAST 96TH STREET CO., LLC; 132-25 to CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH - SUCCESSOR; CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH | $30,100,000 | |
| 2006-07-03 | Agreement $233,000,000 — from 530 SECOND AVENUE CO., LLC; EAST 96TH STREET PARK VIEW ASSOCIATES, L; 120 EAST 34TH STREET to HSH NORDBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH | $233,000,000 | |
| 2006-07-03 | Agreement $30,100,000 — from 120 EAST 34TH STREET CO., LLC; 145 EAST 27TH STREET CO., LLC; LAURENCE TOWERS COMPANY LLC; to CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH; CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH - SUCCESSOR | $30,100,000 | |
| 2002-09-05 | Mortgage $28,000,000 — from PARK VIEW ASSOCIATES; 148 EAST 30TH STREETCO. LLC; 56-11 94TH STREET CO, LLC.; LAURENCE TO to CREDIT LYONNAIS NEWYORK BRANCH | $28,000,000 | |
| 2001-10-04 | Mortgage $9,903,514 — from 132-25 MAPLE AVENUECO., LLC; 41-40 DENMAN STREETCO., LLC; 40-40 79TH STREET CO., LLC; SANF to CREDIT LYONNAIS NEWYORK BRANCH | $9,903,514 | |
| 2001-10-04 | Mortgage $13,046,507 — from 315 EAST 21ST STREETCO. LLC; 330 EAST 85TH STREETCO. LLC; 461 CENTRAL PARK WEST CO. LLC; E to CREDIT LYONNAIS NEWYORK BRANCH | $13,046,507 | |
| 2001-07-19 | Mortgage $7,600,000 — from 145 EAST 27TH STREETCO. LLC; 120 EAST 34TH STREETCO. LLC.; HILARY GARDENS COMPANY LLC; PAR to CREDIT LYONNAIS NEWYORK BRANCH | $7,600,000 | |
| 2001-07-19 | Mortgage $5,600,000 — from LAURENCE TOWERS COMPANY LLC to CREDIT LYONNAIS NEWYORK BRANCH | $5,600,000 | |
| 2001-07-19 | Mortgage $10,000,000 — from 120 EAST 34TH STREETCO. LLC; PARK VIEW ASSOCIATES; 145 EAST 27TH STREET; HILARY GARDENS CO to CREDIT LYONNAIS NEWYORK BRANCH | $10,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 75 |
| 2018 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 73 |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 74 |
| 2020 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 54 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 62 |
| 2023 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 83 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 8 | 84 |
| 2025 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 59 |
| 2026 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 41 |
Every one of the 1,325 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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